Author Archives: AlphaRoaming

I’ve been to Henry Coe’s “Backcountry Weekend” three times now. http://coepark.net/pineridgeassociation/pra-event-list/details/61-2014-backcountry-weekend During Backcountry Weekend the Orestimba Corral area becomes a buzzing hive of activity, including probably 100 cars, trucks, horse trailers, and tents. I thought it might be interesting to … Continue reading →

So where do I start? Well…my first experience in the Dowdy Ranch area was 6 years ago as a novice Geocacher. I asked on http://www.theGBA.net for any unfound caches in the Silicon Valley area, and I was pointed to 2 … Continue reading →

I’ve always been attracted to “blank spots” on the map. In this case, the map was “blank” when looking at thisarea on Geocaching.com and was also interesting in that it’s not too far from Coe HQ, but gets almost no … Continue reading →

Waaaayyy back in Sept 2006 I visited Dowdy Ranch for the first time. It was a huge slog on my wife’s too-small mountain bike from Bell Station, but I did it….and I toured the ranch buildings a few months before … Continue reading →